Entry Clearances

James Paice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many certificates of sponsorship for tier 5 visas have been issued by each sponsoring body in each of the last three years.

Mark Harper: holding answer 10 June 2013
	We are unable to provide the data regarding all tier 5 sponsors as the low volume of certificates issued by a third of them would make it possible to identify individuals or personal data.
	The following table shows how many certificates of sponsorship (CoS) for tier 5 visas have been issued by the top 50 sponsors in each of the last three years. This information has also been placed in the House Library.
	
		
			 Number of CoS used in support of Tier 5 visa applications issued by top 50 sponsors from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2012 
			 Number 
			  Sponsoring organisation 2010 2011 2012 Total 
			 1 The Agency Group Ltd 1,450 1,755 1,710 8,120 
			 2 The Underworld 1,000 1,190 1,330 5,715 
			 3 Creative Artists Agency UK Ltd 840 1,015 1,115 4,825 
			 4 Live Nation (Music) UK Ltd 795 705 1,065 4,065 
			 5 Gricind Ltd T/A ITB 925 655 555 3,720 
			 6 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (UK) Ltd 610 800 735 3,560 
			 7 Culture Arts Ltd 705 705 555 3,370 
			 8 X-R Touring LLP 750 640 540 3,325 
			 9 Bunac 490 660 905 3,205 
			 10 Universal Music Operations Ltd 620 585 590 3,000 
			 11 Primary Talent International Ltd 545 445 600 2,575 
			 12 P & IAs Ltd 380 620 565 2,570 
			 13 Godolphin Management Company Ltd 355 540 635 2,425 
			 14 Askonas Holt 495 380 495 2,245 
			 15 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Great Britain) 445 415 480 2,200 
			 16 Coda Music Agency LLP 360 510 455 2,200 
			 17 Mean Fiddler Holdings Ltd 330 445 560 2,110 
			 18 Classical Events Ltd 590 280 180 1,920 
			 19 3a Entertainment Ltd 390 370 375 1,895 
			 20 Sadler's Wells Trust Ltd 440 405 185 1,880 
			 21 Tin Angel Productions Ltd 270 385 430 1,740 
			 22 IMG Artists (UK) Ltd 400 265 395 1,730 
		
	
	
		
			 23 Victor Hochhauser 440 330 — 1,540 
			 24 AEG Live (UK) Ltd 265 335 320 1,520 
			 25 GTI Recruiting Solutions 155 340 430 1,420 
			 26 Hidden Talent Booking 295 305 190 1,390 
			 27 SJM Concerts Ltd 275 320 155 1,345 
			 28 Warner Music (UK) Ltd 225 315 240 1,320 
			 29 Serious Ltd 225 270 315 1,305 
			 30 ATP Concerts Ltd 315 190 290 1,300 
			 31 Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 170 290 350 1,270 
			 32 Caroline Dunkley DJ and Artist Management 85 305 475 1,255 
			 33 Lattitude Global Volunteering 250 260 225 1,245 
			 34 Youth With A Mission Ltd 210 270 240 1,195 
			 35 Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd 210 200 305 1,120 
			 36 Upset The Rhythm 180 250 215 1,080 
			 37 British Council (Language Assistants) 250 190 200 1,080 
			 38 Academy Music Group 195 235 175 1,035 
			 39 Southbank Centre 190 190 260 1,020 
			 40 Free Trade Organisation 215 175 235 1,015 
			 41. Ecorys UK Ltd 250 150 150 950 
			 42 Feld Entertainment UK Ltd 165 185 230 930 
			 43 T&S Immigration Services Ltd — 195 535 925 
			 44 Kennedy Street Enterprises Ltd 175 185 190 910 
			 45 Bob Paterson Agency/BPAA Live 135 175 285 905 
			 46 Mountbatten Programmes Ltd 190 180 160 905 
			 47 The Law Society of England and Wales 160 180 200 880 
			 48 Elastic Artists Agency Ltd 165 160 225 875 
			 49 CME Artist Services 35 160 400 790 
			 50 British Council (Erasmus Programme) 75 170 280 770 
			 Notes: 1. The figures quoted have been derived from management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change. This information has not been quality assured under National Statistics protocols. 2. Figures relate to Certificates of Sponsorship issued to applicants by sponsoring bodies, and used in support of tier 5 visa applications. 3. Figures rounded to the nearest 5 (— = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding.

Teenage Pregnancy: Cannock Chase

Aidan Burley: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many teenage pregnancies there have been in Cannock Chase constituency in each of the last five years.

Nick Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013
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	This question has been answered using conception statistics to women aged under 18 to represent teenage pregnancies. Conception statistics are estimated for women usually resident in England and Wales and are based on birth registrations and abortion records.
	The number of teenage conceptions is available for the non-metropolitan district of Cannock Chase rather than the parliamentary constituency of Cannock Chase. Figures cannot be provided for parliamentary constituencies because of the risk of disclosing information on conceptions due to small differences with local authority boundaries.
	The latest year for which conception statistics are available is 2011.
	
		
			 Number of conceptions to women aged under 18, Cannock Chase, 2007-11 
			  Number of conceptions 
			 2007 100 
			 2008 112 
			 2009 110 
			 2010 87 
			 2011 73 
			 Source: Office for National Statistics 
		
	
	The number of conceptions to women aged under 18 by area of usual residence, England and Wales 1998-2011 are available on the ONS website (see table 6):
	www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/vsob1/conception-statistics--england-and-wales/2011/rft-conception-statistics-2011.xls

Young People

Alex Cunningham: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether data collected in the 2011 Census, relating to the number of 16 to 18-year-olds in the current year and the next 10 years, matches that provided by the Office of National Statistics in its latest sub-national population projections; and if he will make a statement.

Nick Hurd: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
	Letter from Glen Watson, dated June 2013
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	Estimates of future population are available as population projections. The most recent are the Interim 2011-based subnational population projections which are based on mid-2011 population estimates, which are in turn based on 2011 Census estimates.
	However, the Interim 2011-based subnational population projections for England are produced using trend- based assumptions about future levels of fertility, mortality and migration as calculated for the 2010-based subnational population projections which do not incorporate 2011 Census information.
	Subnational population projections are not forecasts and do not attempt to predict the impact of future government policies, changing economic circumstances or the capacity of an area to accommodate a change in population. They provide an indication of the future size and age structure of the population if recent demographic trends continued.
	ONS are planning to release the 2012-based Subnational Population Projections to take account of rebased fertility, migration and mortality assumptions to include results from the 2011 Census, in spring 2014.